I think all of us understand that our task of reducing these structural inequalities has been made more difficult by the state and structure of our broader economy; an economy that for the last decade has been fueled by a cycle of boom and bust; an economy where the rich got really, really rich, but ordinary folks didn't see their incomes or their wages go up; an economy built on credit cards, shady mortgage loans; an economy built not on a rock, but on sand. [read post]

Authors’ note: This article is developed out of prior writing on Lawfare, including our own work and a series of deposition summaries written by Lawfare editors and contributors Charlotte Butash, Kelsey Clinton, Mikhaila Fogel, Vishnu Kannan, Patrick McDonnell, Jacob Schulz, Chinmayi Sharma Masha Simonova, Lucia Radder and Samantha Fry and edited by us. [read post]

He lifted hishead off the pillow and in very strong terms expressed his view of thematter, rich in both substance and fact, which stunned me -- drawnfrom the hour-long meeting we'd had a week earlier -- and in verystrong terms expressed himself, and then laid his head back down onthe pillow, seemed spent, and said to them, "But that doesn't matter,because I'm not the attorney general. [read post]

The question is if the rich world, responsible for the stock of emissions already in the common atmosphere, will find the resources to pay the victims of its economic excesses? [read post]